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USB Floppy Drive provides access to 3.5" disks on modern PCs.

Despite the fact that computer manufacturers have ceased to supply 3.5" floppy drives with their products there are still many users who wish to utilise this format, which is why LINDY Electronics has announced the launch of its USB Floppy Drive that will enable users to access data on 3.5" floppy disks via a USB port on their modern PC or Mac.

The LINDY USB Floppy Drive is the quickest and easiest way to add support for floppy disks to a contemporary desk top or notebook computer, smply plug it into a free USB port and it is ready to go. The drive is of a slim, lightweight and portable design that makes it perfect for use with notebooks for use at home and in the office.

"We know that customers are using 3.5" floppies, because we are still seeing a demand for them," comments Stephen Fawcett, Senior Product Manager of LINDY Electronics. "Apart from being an obvious solution for retrieving data from a legacy device that does not support any other method of data transfer, there are also many other situations where a floppy drive can be useful. Even those of us who prefer pen drives and the like, have probably found ourselves presented with a floppy of "important data" and wished we still had an easy way to access it. So our USB floppy drive can be a useful tool."

Specifications

  • Plug & Play - easy to install and use.
  • Bus powered so there's no need for a power supply.
  • Can be used with all standard 3.5" floppy disks.
  • Data capacity: 1.44MB.
  • USB transfer rate: 12Mbps.
  • Colour: silver.
  • Dimensions: 101 x 17 x 155 (WxDxH).
  • Compatible with Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP/Vista, Linux and Mac OS 8.6 & above.

The LINDY USB Floppy Drive, part no 42895 is available now, RRP £29.99.

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